Idris Elba has been allocated land in the Tanzanian archipelago of Zanzibar to set up a film studio.

Conservationists have found a way to restore a reef off one of Zanzibar's islands.

The divers helping restore Zanzibar's coral reefs damaged by climate change, fishing and tourism.

Officials objected to a performance which featured sexually explicit language and gestures.

"They need cold beer on these beaches," one businessman tells the BBC on the Indian Ocean islands.

Outlawed in the 1960s for being "inhumane" the current president wants to bring it back.

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